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Kororaa Accused of Violating GPL

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the penguin-is-confused dept.

AlanS2002 writes "The Kororaa Project, a pre-configured binary install method for Gentoo Linux which bundles nVidia's and ATI binary drivers in its Kororaa Xgl Live CD , has put its Live CD on hold after being accused of violating the GPL. The issue appears to be the distribution of the Linux Kernel and nVidia's/ATI binary drivers together. When the binary drivers are built the GPL'ed code is included in the binary result, which is a violation."

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  1. Re:All the more reason... by EraseEraseMe · · Score: 1, Troll

    Freedom through obfuscation, I don't think so.

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    "Anybody who tells me I can't use a program because it's not open source, go suck on rms. I'm not interested." (LT 2004)
  2. Just ignore GPL nazis. by zymano · · Score: 1, Troll

    Loading up modules shouldn't violate anything.

    The GPL is stupid in this regard.

  3. Re:There's more restricition in BSD by Dis*abstraction · · Score: 1, Troll

    Yes, but BSD-type coders don't see that as a problem, because--frankly?--the BSD mentality is fundamentally more generous than the borderline paranoia disguised as "freedom" the GPL wishes to force upon the rest of the world. People who don't mind their work being used by others have attained a Zen state of enlightenment; they don't see it as "stealing" for the simple reason that this was their intent all along. People who license their code under the GPL, on the other hand, are generally insecure crybabies.

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